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Published Semi-Monthly by the Association of Former Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
VOLUME III.
BRYAN, TEXAS, MARCH 15, 1924.
NUMBER 5
NEW GYM TO BE READY FOR 1925
BASKET
ALL
NEW GYM ASSURED
TOBEREADY FOR
1925 BASKETBALL
Plans Under Way Now For $100,000
Gymnasium. Will Have Three
Basketball Courts.
PLANT IS TO BE USEFUL
New Structure Will Make Possible
Corrective Gymnastics. To be used
for Corps Dances Also.
Bible’s basketeers in 1925 will
have the happy privilege of cavorting
about over the best basketball court
in the Southwest and in the best gym-
nasium in the Southwest. Plans are
being prepared by E. B. LaRoche,
head of the Department of Architec-
ture, and who serves as college archi-
tect, and by James Sullivan, business
manager of athletics, for a $100,-
000.00 gymnasium to be erected on
the site of the present structure.
When President Bizzell reutrns from
abroad in May, every detail is to be
ready for his approval and for ap-
proval by the Board of Directors.
Work will start immediately and by
the middle of next fall the building
will be completed. The building is
to be erected by the College and ath-
letic department cooperatively.
According to the plans of the Ath-
letic Council the new building will
have a seating capacity of between
4,000 and 5,000 persons. It will be
of steel and reinforced concrete con-
struction. It will be stuccoed and
with a red tile roof will be an excep-
tionally attractive building. There
will be a big regulation court of in-
laid maple for the varsity court. In
addition there will be a court pro-
vided for the “fish” and one for the
Top Row, Left to Right:
Bottom Row:
FIGHTING FARMERS OF °24
Coach Bible, Prather, Brient, Kyle, Damon, Duckett, Darby.
Washburn, Dealy, Capt. Gill, Wilcox, Dansby.
TERRIFIC FIGHT
SECRETARY VISITS THREE CLUBS
ep tts Rm
reserves. ‘These floors also will be
used as dance floors for the corps
dances. It is contemplated, also that
Coach House, who is associatte pro-
fessor of physical training will be
able, with the new building and equip-
ment, to provide corrective gymnas-
tics for those cadets who may be de-
ficient in some part of their physical
make up. The building will be one
of maximum usefulness and will be
well equipped.
Adequate dressing rooms for all
Aggie athletics will be provided. In
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THAT APRIL MEETING
If you want a speaker for
your San Jacinto Day meeting
communicate with Association
headquarters. We have lined up
quite a bit of talent capable of
putting across a heavy verbal
barrage. These men will be
happy to be the guests of your
club on that event.
That night Station WTAW
will broadcast a program con-
sisting of music by the Aggie-
land orchestra and offerings
from one or two of College Sta-
tion’s speakers of the edition de
luxe.
aaa a ROR ROR ORO OR ORR ORR SOR OSORIO SOROS
FEATURES GAMES
WITH TEXAS FIVE
University Takes Two Whirlwind Con-
tests From Aggies in Closing
Games of Season.
RECORD IS NOT BROKEN
Texas Must Win Championship for
Four Consecutive Seasons Before
They Can Boast of Besting Ag-
gie Accomplishment.
The Texas Aggies closed out the
basketball season by dropping two of
the hardest fought basketball games
ever played on the Kyle Field court
to the Texas Longhorns March 7 and
8. These games were whirlwinds
from start to finish and were marked
by a killing speed, brilliant defensive
work and frenzied fight. Texas won
the first game Friday night by the
score of 24 to 14, clearly supreme
throughout the contest. The Satur-
day night’s contest was in doubt
throughout and the Aggies really had
the edge on the Longhorns. The score
in that contest was 17 to 11.
Playing their last games Darby
and Captain Gill gave splendid ac-
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FINDS AGGIE SPIRIT EVERYWHERE
San Antonio, Dallas and Fort Worth All Giving Much Attention
to Accomplishments by Association.
(By Ike Ashburn)
In Dallas, Fort Worth, and San
Antonio, since the publication of the
last Aggie I have found a strong and
continued interest in the success of
the Association. At Fort Worth I
had a delightful meeting with some
thirty odd Aggies who came together
at the Texas Hotel for a special
meeting just to meet “their hired
hand” the newly elected secretary of
the Association. 4 “Dallas was out for
1 good time and celebrated the anni-
rersary of Texas’ Independence with
a co-ed dinner at the Oriental, which
attracted 142 guests. 1 slipped in
on the regular meeting of the San
Antonio A. & M. Club and found
thirty-five present for that event.
In each of these A. & M. strong-
holds I found new evidences of co-
operation and support. Some Aggies
who had held out against the Asso-
ciation for some reason or other,
some of them good reasons, have let
vo of their doubts and have lined up
solidly behind the Association. I
found the local leadership in each
»f these towns loyal, active, and
i judicious.
All in all my visit to
these A. & M. clubs gave me a new
vision of possibilities of the work,
and new enthusiasm for the ac-
complishment of these possibilities.
Fort Worth Meeting.
My first stop was at Fort Worth,
where Alf Luckett and Charlie Flem-
ing. and M. J. Miller had gotten a
splendid crowd out. I saw George
Young the first time in some years.
R. H. (Dick) Standifer, another old
friend I had not seen in some years
also was on the job. W. S. Broome
was another old timer I had not been
associated with lately. Had a de-
lightful visit with B. K. Goree, an
outstanding Fort Worth lawyer. Got
one of Ned VanZandt’s booklets on
the fiftieth anniversary of the Fort
Worth National Bank of which the
Van Zandt’s are the back bone.
T. B. Hoffer, of the Fensland Oil
Co., is going to publish the First Ag-
gie Ex-Student directory. He was
out at the meeting and much inter-
ested. Snap Shot Bill Adkisson,
“Nuts” Williamson, Fannie Coleman,
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AGGIES DRIVEN
TO WATER POLO
FOR WORKOUTS
Old Jupe Puts Damper on Baseball and
Track Training Aspirations. Float-
ing Ball Necessitated.
PROSPECTS ARE NOT BAD
Listo f Candidates for Baseball Gives
Promise of Heavy Hitting and
Hard Hustling.
After a three week’s workout in
water polo and with their first game
less than a week away the Aggie
baseball hopefuls are hoping and
praying for an even break with the
weather. As yet not one good day
for a workout has come Kyle field-
ward and House has had but scant
opportunity to size up his men.
Nevertheless the squad will be cut to
21 men this afternoon and utilization
will be made of every half way de-
cent day in the endeavor to get in
shape for this first mill.
House is hopeful for a very good
season or failing in that he knows
that he will have a very poor season.
The club will be better balanced than
last year’s club was, except in pitch-
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‘| 2 memn:orable day for
WILL DEDICATE
WAR [1EMORIAL
CAN JACINTO DAY
Gift of Classes of 1923-24-25-26' Hon-
oring World War Dead to be Un-
veiled at College April 21.
GOVERNOR NEFF TO SPEAK
Chief Executive of State Will be Prin-
ciple Speaker. Relations of Aggie
Heroes Invited to Attend.
Scn Jae'nto Day, Apr’l 21, will be
College Sta-
t'on. On the afternoon of Monday,
Aprl 21, the War Memorial, honor-
ng the A. & M. men who ded in the
s:rv ee and the participation of the
inst tution in the World War will be
led cated. Governor Pat M. Ned
v 1 be the chief speaker. An effort
<= be'ng made, also, to bring to Col-
‘age on that day Major General
envy T. Allen, formerly in com-
1nd of the €0th Division in which
organization so many A. & M. men
arved. General Allen after th=
a mist’ ce was placed in command of
the Seven’h Corps and later com-
manded the Army of Occupat'on in
Germany. Just now he is unable to
sey whether he will be able to come
to Texas at that t'me or not due to
h's service with the American Olym-
» ¢ Association.
Plans as announced by President
Bizzell before his departure for Eu-
rope called for inviting the families
and friends of every A. & M. man
who paid the supreme price to be
honor guests of the College on that
day. Fifty-two A. & M. men gave
up their lives during that struggle.
The Cadet Corps under the direction
of Col... C. C, Todd, —ecommandahrt,
w'll be massed at the memorial,
which is to be located on the open
lawn just west of Guion hall. Ike
Ashburn will preside and will intro-
duce Governor Neff. Following the
Governor’s address Cadet Col. H. L.
Roberts will call the roll of the dead
and representatives of the classes of
1923-24-25- and 26 will unveil the
memorial. ;
Following the dedication of the
Memorial Governor Neff will present
commissions to the seniors of the R.
0. T. C., who have accepted commis-
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A
THAT AGGIE DIRECTORY
Within a very few weeks the
Association hopes to be able to
publish a directory giving an al-
phabetical list of every A. and
M. ex and his location and also
giving lists of former students
by counties and localities.
We need your help in locat-
ing some of the inactive fellows.
If you know of an A. and M.
man who you have reason to
believe is not in touch with the
Association send us his name,
year, address, and occupation.
We want to distribute this di-
rectory at commencement.
“SPECK” EASLEY BEATS WORLDS
RECORD IN RIFLE SHOOTING
Captain C. M. “Speck” Easley, ,
S. A, ’16, has broken the world’s
record in rifle shooting. During his
cadet days he was a “bug” on rifle
shooting.
Here is a story with reference to
his achievement.
The world’s rifle record has been
recently broken by Capt. Claudius M.
Easley of the Thirty-First Infantry,
United States army, who was reared
in Waco and is now stationed in the
Philippine islands.
The score was 343 out of a possi-
ble 350, the old record being 341.
Captain Easley’s scores were: 200
yards, slow fire, 48; 200 yards, rapid
fire, 60; 300 yards, slow fire, 47; 300
yards, rapid fire, 50; 500 yards, slow
fire, 50; 500 yards, rapid fire, 50;
600 yards, slow fire, 48.
The 300-yard slow fire score was
shot in the rain with a 15-mile wind,
which explains the fact that he
dropped more points there than at
any other range.
Capt. C. M. Easley is the son of A.
C. Easley of Waco. He is a Waco
boy. He graduated from Waco High
School in 1912 and Texas A. and M.
‘n 1916. He received his first mili-
tary training in the Texas National
Guard companies of Waco, and his
first rifle shooting on the Easley ri-
fle range near Waco. He has attend-
ed almost every national rifle match
since 1909, and was a strong con-
tender in the tryouts for the Olympic
games in 1920, having lost the match
in that year for best individual shot
in the United States army by only
one point. Captain Easley is not on-
ly a good rifle shot but is an organ-
izer and trainer of rifle teams, hav-
ing trained the first American rifle
team to defeat the Filipinos on their
native soil.
He has been in the Philippine is-
lands more than two years, and is
expected to return to the states in
a few months.
‘changes.
D. X. AND MRM. D. X.
OFF TO NEW YORK
FOR RULES MEET
No Great Changes in Code for 1924
Expected By Bible As Result Con-
ference National Rules Committee
D. X. Bible, well chaperoned by
his Commanding General, Mrs. D. X.
Bible, left this week for New York
City to attend the annual meeting of
‘he Foot Ball Rules Committee,
vhich will meet March 21-22, at the
Biltmore hotel to consider changes in
‘he football code for the season of
1924. D. X. anticipates no great
Clarification and definition
of rules will occupy the attention of
the committee for the most part, he
believes.
Some clarification of the rules deal-
ing with the onside kick must be
made. Another question which is
being agitated in some quarters has
to do with the time for closing the
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ALL-BATTALION
FOOTBALL MEN
BANQUET GUENTY
Athletic Council Gives Feed in Honor
of All-Star Men Picked From
Battalion Teams
Winners of the All-Battalion foot-
ball honors, coaches, * captains and
managers of all the Battalion foot-
ball teams were the honor guests of
the Athletic Council at a banquet at
the Mess hall this week. The ban-
quet was a huge success being char-
acterized by much food and few
speeches.
The First Battalion composed of
Companies “A,” “B” and “C” won
the flag.
The first All-Battalion team chosen
by a vote of the student coaches and
managers, was announced as follows:
ends, Bennett (Art.) and Pistole
(First) ; tackles, Grissom (Aviation)
and Beutel (First); guards, Finchum
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S. P. LINES CLAIM RECORD IN
EMPLOYMENT OF A. & M. MEN
With a total of forty-seven located
A. and M. men in the employ of the
Southern Pacific lines,
Louisiana divisions, J. I. McGregor is
challenging the world for the S. P.
“I believe that there are more A. and
M. men in the employ of the Southern
Pacific in Texas and Louisiana than
there are in the service of any other
company,” said McGregor in furnish-
ing The Aggie with the names of
these men. “If any other institution
can beat our record I'd like to hear
from them.” His letter follows:
“Attached is partial list of the A.
and M. men connected with the South-
ern Pacific lines. ‘We are not send-
ing all of the names of our A. and
M. men in at the present time, as we
wish to challenge all other large cor-
porations who are employers of A. and
M. men, as to the number on their
pay-roll, and should they best us, we
want to hold a few in reserve so that
we can reach down and dig them up,
Texas and |
| bunch is much the same towards our
50 to speak. Then should we fail the
‘only recourse is to hire some more.
“The feeling of our S. P.-A. and M.
railroad system as it is towards our
alma mater and we are willing to go
the limit in furthering the interest of
both. The Southern Pacific lines have
always been a heavy employer of A.
and M. men, which can only mean one
thing and that is, that A. and M. men
have delivered the goods.
“With personal regards to yourself,
and best wishes for our Associa-
tion, I am,
“Very sincerely yours.”
S. P.-A. and M. Men.
Baur, Louis W. A., 211 Maplewood
St., Houston, Texas. Bretschneider,
W. B., Div. Engineer, Houston Ter-
minal, Houston, Texas.
Cottingham, I. A., Valuation Dept.,
925 S. P. Bldg., Houston, Texas. Cot-
tingham, G. R., Auditor’s Office, S. P.
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